A week in, and very tired, hot and cold stuff appears to have relaxed a little but dizziness and fatigue has kicked. All normal apparently. Did manage a 4 hour sleep last night. Temperature has stabilised. Finish the course of antibiotics tomorrow so fingers crossed my body just gets on with it
You seem to be doing well. Keep going, you’ll beat this.A week in, and very tired, hot and cold stuff appears to have relaxed a little but dizziness and fatigue has kicked. All normal apparently. Did manage a 4 hour sleep last night. Temperature has stabilised. Finish the course of antibiotics tomorrow so fingers crossed my body just gets on with it.
Best wishes to you mate.Although this seems a weird time of year to discuss this subject, it being the winter and all, I thought I'd share my experience of the last year and a half with you all in the vain hope that a few of you will at least check for any unusual skin blemishes, moles changing colour etc etc.
last April my Wife noticed a mole had gone a bit weird in colour and after a few checks etc etc I had a small op to remove it. I hadn't checked it for ages so never noticed it had gone a funny colour. It was found to be cancerous so I then had a bigger operation to cut out a larger area on my back and the nodes under my right arm as the nuclear dye they put in showed it would probably go there.
All well and good until early this year when one of my three monthly checks revealed that the cancer had not disappeared as first thought but had gone for walkabout into my left armpit and my lung. This is called stage 4. Scary sounding but it only means it's gone somewhere else.
I am now about to start immunotherapy on Wednesday. Which, according to my specialist, will knock it back a bit but not cure it. I am never going to be in remission. I so wanted to ring the bell as well. Life expectancy is not something discussed. If it all goes well then years, if not then...who knows...
So please, check yourself, men, women and children, if you have moles keep an eye on them. Check your skin. Anything that appears odd get it checked.
Now...a quickie...
If anyone has experience of immunotherapy please share your experiences. I know everyone is different but I'd still like to know.
Cheers all.
I second that. All the best to you and you family, Bob.Late to the thread Bob but wishing you the very best with the treatment and keeping a good thought for you and yours.
Wear a hat with a brimI've hijacked young Bobs thread before so I know he won't mind as I do it again.
My 88 Yr old mum was in St Mary's Eye Hospital yesterday for her 4th ? Facial skin cancer op. (It's right on her eyes) She goes back next week for skin grafts.
She is lucky it is the non life threatening kind BUT the point is, this is caused by not putting sun cream on for all those years we didn't think about it. FFS, factor 30 minimum, factor 50 even better. Don't suffer what my mam has because you 'forget' or 'it's not needed in england'
I had a moped like that once, welll several times actually.Wear a hat with a brim
It will get easier and you’ll come out the other side, immunotherapy is the ultra violator of cancer. Take care mate.A week in, and very tired, hot and cold stuff appears to have relaxed a little but dizziness and fatigue has kicked. All normal apparently. Did manage a 4 hour sleep last night. Temperature has stabilised. Finish the course of antibiotics tomorrow so fingers crossed my body just gets on with it.